Free (and current) Consumer Reports
The only thing I have found to recommend this largely useless app is that it shows Consumer Reports magazine for the current months as well as back numbers. There are very few other magazines, and what there are are hopelessly out of date.
Late updates; missing issues
this app is used by a lot of libraries in the country. But they are delayed when it comes to updating the newest issues. Libby Updates way faster. They also will go months with no new issues and you have to reach out to the Library and have the Library reach out to them to find out what’s going on. You would think that they would have somebody on staff that would check things periodically from time to time just to make sure they’re working correctly. But that does not seem to happen. I’m sure every Library pays a lot of money for the subscriptions and issues that get. It’s a shame that the support is what it is.
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Does not work
App won’t load. Entered my library card number and the app crashes.
Accessibility Features Rudimentary
Does not support dynamic fonts of IOS.
Difficult for reading
Please add margins and sizing options to Text View at a minimum. Wish I could access the Atlantic somewhere else.
Does not work on iPhone!!
This app has not worked on either iPhone 14 or 16 for months!! Please fix - I loved the app when I could actually use it.
Terrible
Can’t sign in with my library card
Severely limited in features but does work
Your available magazines are based on your library’s catalog. Each magazine has a table of contents to skip to specific pages. You can read it in magazine form, or in text-only form, and you get a few days from when you start reading to finish. All in line with a library checkout.
The features basically stop there. Font is tiny? No way to change it. Want to get an alert when a new issue is out? Nothing. Wish you could send it to a Kindle? Dream on. Heaven forbid you wish to save an article or share it, any way at all? Ha, no.
This is the same dictatorial DRM fantasy that is forced on everything else in books and periodicals right now that are killing the industry in the name of corporate profits. And with a shiny coat of no customer or accessibility options in site, to boot.
The features basically stop there. Font is tiny? No way to change it. Want to get an alert when a new issue is out? Nothing. Wish you could send it to a Kindle? Dream on. Heaven forbid you wish to save an article or share it, any way at all? Ha, no.
This is the same dictatorial DRM fantasy that is forced on everything else in books and periodicals right now that are killing the industry in the name of corporate profits. And with a shiny coat of no customer or accessibility options in site, to boot.
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Can't login
Once library is selected, there's a single input field to supposedly enter library card number and password. Just entering the library card number doesn't prompt a password field, and concatenation doesn't work either.
Can’t change text size
Not having the option to change text size is pretty brutal
Text to speech
Does not work. No way to get help.
Does not work
Last few weeks it has not worked, always giving message,service not available,. Now the few magazines that were there are gone, only 6 magazines from 2022 are showing
Solid and functional, with a suggestion
While I was previously writing a longer review for this app, the App Store crashed and deleted my progress, so I will simply give a summary of my original review:
The app does not appear flashy or overtly modern, yet successfully achieves what it advertises with simplicity and minimalism. Despite the poor reviews of Flipster on the App Store, it is clear that this app is still being actively maintained and feedback is still heard.
However, I have a suggestion regarding bookmarks. While I am aware that bookmarking is a feature to an extent, I think that it would be helpful to have the functionality of bookmarking specific publishers (e.g. Newsweek) or categories for speed. I personally read a narrower range of magazines, so having to repeatedly relocate the same few magazines that I actually have interest in everytime I want to examine/download new issues does feel somewhat redundant.
Overall, the app is solidly functional and achieves it's mission effectively. While it's interface isn't exactly stylish, it still allows you to access magazines and read them with relative ease.
Sincerely, I do hope that the general reviews of this app improve over time, as for one, I'm sure that many people may avoid the app simply because of the ratings, and two, because I genuinely like Flipster. Thank you very much.
The app does not appear flashy or overtly modern, yet successfully achieves what it advertises with simplicity and minimalism. Despite the poor reviews of Flipster on the App Store, it is clear that this app is still being actively maintained and feedback is still heard.
However, I have a suggestion regarding bookmarks. While I am aware that bookmarking is a feature to an extent, I think that it would be helpful to have the functionality of bookmarking specific publishers (e.g. Newsweek) or categories for speed. I personally read a narrower range of magazines, so having to repeatedly relocate the same few magazines that I actually have interest in everytime I want to examine/download new issues does feel somewhat redundant.
Overall, the app is solidly functional and achieves it's mission effectively. While it's interface isn't exactly stylish, it still allows you to access magazines and read them with relative ease.
Sincerely, I do hope that the general reviews of this app improve over time, as for one, I'm sure that many people may avoid the app simply because of the ratings, and two, because I genuinely like Flipster. Thank you very much.
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Solid and functional, with a suggestion
While I was previously been writing a longer review for this app, the App Store crashed and deleted my progress, so I will simply give a summary of my original review:
The app does not appear flashy or overtly modern, yet successfully achieves what it advertises with simplicity and minimalism. Despite the poor reviews of Flipster on the App Store, it is clear that this app is still being actively maintained and feedback is still heard.
However, I have a suggestion regarding bookmarks. While I am aware that bookmarking is a feature to an extent, I think that it would be helpful to have the functionality of bookmarking specific publishers (e.g. Newsweek) or categories for speed. I personally read a narrower range of magazines, so having to repeatedly relocate the same few magazines that I actually have interest in everytime I want to examine/download new issues does feel somewhat redundant.
Overall, the app is solidly functional and achieves it's mission effectively. While it's interface isn't exactly stylish, it still allows you to access magazines and read them with relative ease.
Sincerely, I do hope that the general reviews of this app improve over time, as for one, I'm sure that many people may avoid the app simply because of the ratings, and two, because I genuinely like Flipster. Thank you very much.
The app does not appear flashy or overtly modern, yet successfully achieves what it advertises with simplicity and minimalism. Despite the poor reviews of Flipster on the App Store, it is clear that this app is still being actively maintained and feedback is still heard.
However, I have a suggestion regarding bookmarks. While I am aware that bookmarking is a feature to an extent, I think that it would be helpful to have the functionality of bookmarking specific publishers (e.g. Newsweek) or categories for speed. I personally read a narrower range of magazines, so having to repeatedly relocate the same few magazines that I actually have interest in everytime I want to examine/download new issues does feel somewhat redundant.
Overall, the app is solidly functional and achieves it's mission effectively. While it's interface isn't exactly stylish, it still allows you to access magazines and read them with relative ease.
Sincerely, I do hope that the general reviews of this app improve over time, as for one, I'm sure that many people may avoid the app simply because of the ratings, and two, because I genuinely like Flipster. Thank you very much.
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Mostly works now
The covers of magazines still don’t update. But the service bug is fixed.
So far so good
So far, I really like this app I’m not sure why it has such a low rating. I like reading the People magazine, and a few of the other fun magazines. Plus I get breaking news stories from some of the periodicals.
Never woks
Worst app by far. Always unavailable. I wish public libraries could partner with someone else.
Service Unavailable-Try Again Later
Why do i always see the Service Unavailable message? My library IS a member! No contact information for EBSCO - what’s a user to do?? Now i have to access the service via the library website, and the reading enjoyment is greatly diminished. Would appreciate some help here!!
Great idea, poor application
I love getting magazines to download and read at my leisure, but the app works about once a month. Once I’ve downloaded stuff the interface is fine and it works perfectly well, but 9 out of 10 times I just get the error message “service unavailable”. Just don’t know why that is.
Rarely works. But when it does, it’s amazing.
I wish this app would work because I rely on it when I travel or when I’m in need of a silly break and would like to catch up on recipes or health articles or an essay in a literary magazine. But the app rarely works and I have to remove it from my phone, download it again, etc, maybe two or three times a year. I hope the app developers will fix the bugs of this really useful magazine app..
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